Interviews
Interviews
Subscribers on how they use OptionsBell: developers on the API and MCP server, traders and investors on email alerts, each with the full interview transcript.
10 posts
September 2026
3 posts- Strategy·Developer / quant··10 min read
Interview: the developer who wanted API access without the $150/month tax
Jake Morrison builds a Discord flow bot on the side. He left a $150/month API bill behind and had OptionsBell in production in two days. Recorded September 26, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyapimcpdiscord bot - Strategy·Developer / quant··9 min read
Interview: the Claude power user who lives in MCP
Tomas Rivera uses Claude all day at work. OptionsBell's MCP server was the reason he subscribed, and he calls the product agent-first. Recorded September 17, 2026.
interviewcustomer storymcpclaudeai agents - Strategy·Developer / quant··10 min read
Interview: the quant researcher who backtests flow signals
Dr. Lena Fischer aggregates unusual flow by sector and expiry for a small systematic fund. Her research cycle went from two hours to minutes. Recorded September 9, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyapimcpbacktesting
August 2026
4 posts- Strategy·Developer / quant··9 min read
Interview: the data engineer who needed a stateless MCP endpoint
David Okonkwo runs a fintech alerting pipeline in ephemeral containers. Streamable HTTP without session state was the deciding factor. Recorded August 27, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyapimcppipeline - Risk·Long-term investor··9 min read
Interview: the retail trader who got burned by missing a print
Marcus Webb held TSLA through a $27.5M put print he never saw. He signed up the following week. Recorded August 18, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyput flowportfolio protectionTSLA - Risk·Long-term investor··8 min read
Interview: the part-time trader who wanted a seatbelt, not a second job
Emily Hart works twelve-hour nursing shifts and owns five stocks. Her first week brought a $3.7M AMD put alert, and she trimmed before the drop. Recorded August 10, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyemail alertsportfolio protectionAMD - Unusual options·Active trader··9 min read
Interview: the trader who left Unusual Whales and did the math
Rachel Kim spent fourteen months on Unusual Whales before switching. Two months later she had saved over $200 and gained an MCP server. Recorded August 4, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyUnusual Whales alternativeapiemail alerts
July 2026
3 posts- Unusual options·Active trader··9 min read
Interview: the swing trader who just wanted emails, not another dashboard
Priya Nair has a day job and a portfolio. She left a terminal-first platform for alerts that reach her phone at lunch. Recorded July 28, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyemail alertsmcpswing trading - Options 101·Beginner··9 min read
Interview: the options educator who teaches flow
James Calloway teaches retail traders to read the tape. His students could not afford a $150 API or a $149 terminal, so he built the course around $24.99. Recorded July 22, 2026.
interviewcustomer storyeducationreading flowmcp - Strategy·Active trader··9 min read
Interview: the consultant who wanted data without the enterprise price tag
Sarah Chen advises small funds and family offices. Her client briefings went from two hours to twenty minutes with the MCP server. Recorded July 15, 2026.
interviewcustomer storymcpconsultingsector flow